AS5

Final Project Description

Conducting a Health Policy Analysis

The Final Project for this course is a 12- to 15-page public policy analysis (not including title

page and references) that addresses the public health topic provided by your instructor.

Example Health Policies for Analysis

A public health related topic will be assigned to you by the 2nd week of the term. You are to

write a policy analasis addressing a public health topic. Your paper should address a relevant

health policy that is a threat to the public’s health and not currently legislated or regulated.

Examples of topics that may be assigned include the following:

• Legislating mandatory nationwide installation of seat belts in school buses

• Legislating mandatory nationwide HIV testing as part of all routine blood testing

• Legislating mandatory nationwide ban on smoking in public places

Other policies that may be interesting to follow can be found at the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) Winnable Battles website at

http://www.cdc.gov/winnablebattles/ or at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy website at http://www.rwjf.org/en/topics/rwjf-topic- areas/healthpolicy.html.

Required Research Paper Elements

Use the Walden University Research Paper Template as your guide to produce an APA

compliant research paper.

Chapter 14 of your textbook addresses “The Art of Structuring and Writing a

Health Policy Analysis.” Consult this chapter for specific guidance for your paper.

When conducting this analysis, you must address the following areas of consideration:

• Problem Statement

• Background

• Landscape

• Options

• Recommendation(s)

Your paper must include these headings. You may add other headings if your topic

warrants more specific information.

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